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20 Cards in this Set
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Amenable |
-Will to follow advice or authority S:Agreeable, docile A:unresponsive, resistant The kid was amenable to the teachers classroom rules. |
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Berate |
-To scold sharply S:Chide, Rebuke A: Praise, Compliment My parents berate the dog when he tears up presents. |
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Carnage |
-Large-scale slaughter or loss of life S:Bloodbath, masscare A:Rebirth The cows are put through carnage everyday. |
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Credulous |
-Too ready to believe S:Gullible A: Dubious, Skeptical The little kid was credulous to believeing Santa was real. |
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Criterion |
-A rule,test S: Yardstick A: The final is a criterion of what we learned this semester. |
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Deplete |
-To use up as a result of spending or consumption of all resources S: Empty, Drain A: Refill, Restock We depleted are food hiking as a result of eating it all for dinner. |
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Expatiate |
-To expand on, write or talk in length S: Enlarge, elaborate A: Summarize The teacher told the student to expatiate on the subject of fishing. |
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Extraneous |
-Coming from outside, foreign S:Incidental A:Relevant, Intristic The packages were from an extraneous city in africa. |
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Inception |
-The beginning, start, earlier on S: Commencement A: Completion The movie inception ment that it showed where it all started from. |
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Infirmity |
-A weakness or ailment S: Malady, Affliction A: Strong The infirmity of kids legs meant that he couldn't join the football team. |
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Jejune |
-Lacking in nutritive value S: Vapid, Insipid A: Mature The dog skins lacked to go back when meant that he was jejune of vitamins.
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Obdurate |
-Stubborn, Unyielding S: Obstinate, Adamant A: Yielding, Tractable The obdurate mind of the first grader made him lose dog. |
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Potpourri |
-A collection of diverse miscellaneous items S: Hodgepodge A: Homogenous The potpourri of buttons my grandma had varied in color and size. |
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Precocious |
-Showing unusually early development S: Forward, gifted A: Backward The three old kid was showing precocious developments toward swimming. |
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Sadistic |
-Delighting n cruelity S:Brutal, Vicious A:Maspchistic The people were showing a sadistic interest in the skinning of dogs.
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Sententious |
-Self-righteous S: Aphoristic A: Discursive The sententious old mans words were to broad as to tell if he wise or not. |
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Suppilcate |
-To beg earnestly and humbly S: Plead, Petition A: Agree The dad supplicated to the robbers not to kill his daughter. |
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Surfeit |
-An excess or overindulgenment S: Excess, glut A: Dearth, Paucity A surfeit amount of candy will make your stomach hurt do to the amount of sugar. |
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Tortuos |
-Winding, twisted, crooked S: Circuitous, Serpentine A: Direct, Straight The trail up to Mt.Whitney was tortuous do to the 99 switchbacks. |
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Turgid |
-Swollen, bloated, filled to the top S: Inflated, Pompous A: Muted, Understated My arm was turgid after the car ran over it play football in the street. |
